{"id":4209,"date":"2026-08-07T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/thai-legal-news\/arriving-in-august-the-thim-app-is-now-the-required-entry-channel-replacing-tdac\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:26:36","slug":"thim-app-mandatory-august-2026-does-not-replace-tdac","status":"publish","type":"tlo_legal_news","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/thai-legal-news\/thim-app-mandatory-august-2026-does-not-replace-tdac\/","title":{"rendered":"The THIM app becomes mandatory this month. It does not replace the TDAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The THIM app (Thailand Immigration Management) becomes mandatory at Thai entry checkpoints this month. It does <strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48<\/strong> replace the Thailand Digital Arrival Card. The TDAC is still required, and arriving foreigners need both.<\/p>\n<p>THIM lets you register your entry details by photographing your passport, and the Immigration Bureau&#8217;s stated aim is that it eventually removes the need to present a separate QR code at the counter. That is the direction of travel, not the rule today. Until the Bureau says otherwise, file your TDAC as usual and install THIM in addition to it, not instead of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8618; <a href='https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/thailand-digital-arrival-card-tdac\/'>Thailand digital arrival requirements<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports that the new immigration app retires the digital arrival card are wrong. The TDAC is still required. 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